Friday, May 10, 2013

The Hardware Sociéte: What to eat?!

After arriving late
Friday night, our “first” official meal was going to be the neat little café
which everyone talks about … the café in which everyone doesn’t just recommend
but states, you just have to go to Hardware Societe.

While waiting, we
didn’t even have to look at the menu to decide what we wanted, watching the
food being served alone we had an idea of what we would order. That was until
we spot another plate walking out, our order changed…

Cloudy Lemonade $10Pot of green tea (for one) $4.50

Sitting in the cosy
little café on the communal table, we came to our final decision. Feli had
wanted scrambled eggs, so it just a choice of which she would have. The food
came out so fast; we see how they manage to turn their tables so fast despite
the massive queue.

So … I know this may
come as a surprise, but … it was my first time trying baked eggs, and I have
always wanted to try. So, no better place to try baked eggs then … HARDWARE
SOCIETE. OMG … just omg! I love it; the melted cheese, and the hidden chorizos’
with an egg-y goodness. Even towards the end, the melted cheese was being as we
all like it, stringy!!

I don’t know why, but
I didn’t seem to have much of an expectation of the poached eggs, perhaps I
secretly wanted the baked eggs a fraction more. However, once it arrived I couldn’t wait to
dig in (which of course being foodies is never the case).The egg was cooked to perfection; the yolk
was runny once our knife cut into it.The
avocado and salmon tartare was just sitting there teasing me “Eat more, eat
more!” scraping up the tomato based sauce as well, just made me listen to my
mental mind of talking tartare!

Overall, I do not only
recommend this place when you visit Melbourne, but simply state “you must go to
Hardware Societe regardless of a queue or not.” I mean; that’s what we had
experienced and was definitely not disappointed.

Have you ever been
recommended to a place and walked out disappointed?

HAHA ... I guess I can say, it's one that you know you can't go wrong with?But yes, it is fairly busy ... I did comment on the cafe opposite how annoyed you would feel to see them constantly queued up. Though, that cafe didn't seem to be doing bad either :)